Learning the Guitar
or
Thinking About Innovation in Education
Darren Kuropatwa
http://adifference.blogspot.com
ACSD #14, August 9 2007

Thinking About Innovation in Education ...
During revolutions, scientists see new and different things when looking with familiar
instruments in places they have looked before. (Kuhn, 1969)
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My guitar ... my pedagogical improvisation
a demo
let’s take a look around ...

What Can I Do Now That I Couldn’t Do Before?
new tools enable new pedagogies
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What Can I Do Now That I Couldn’t Do Before?
new tools enable new pedagogies
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What Can I Do Now That I Couldn’t Do Before?
new tools enable new pedagogies
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The pedagogical challenge ...
push back
replicable

The pedagogical challenge ...
push back
scalable
replicable

The pedagogical challenge ...
push back
sustainable
scalable
replicable

The pedagogical challenge ...
push back
scaleable?

The pedagogical challenge ...
push back
scaleable?
sustainable?

The pedagogical challenge ...
push back
scaleable?
sustainable?
replicable?

My favourite riff ... scribe posts
the art of the (student) fugue
listen to their voices ... (1 min 25 sec)
Vincent, Craig, Miles, Chris, Graeme

My favourite riff ... scribe posts and the hall of fame
students modeling excellence
listen to Manny ... (41 sec)

Jamming ... evolving the practice
growing the suite of tools
• Chat Boxes
• Feed Windows
• Answer Tips
• wikis, podcasts, ...
• Give students the tools ...
then watch what they do.
Manny again ... (25 sec)
New tools give rise to new pedagogies ... pictures worth more than 1000 words.
Perhaps even “Developing Expert Voices\".

Bridge ... thinking seriously about pedagogy
research and practice
Robert Marzano:
A Handbook for Classroom Instruction That Works
How People Learn
Coming of Age 2.0
K12 Online 2007

Ambiance ... our changing context
have you seen this before?
see version 2.0
The day my daughter Emilia started grade 1 ...

Ambiance ... our changing context
have you seen this before?
shifthappens.wikispaces.com
Did You Know? - UK During revolutions, scientists see new and different things when
looking with familiar instruments in places they have looked before.
(Kuhn, 1969)

Ambiance ... our (un?)changing context
what will your students remember 5 years on?
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Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy
what will your students remember 5 years on?

Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy
what will your students remember 5 years on?

Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy
what will your students remember 5 years on?

Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy
what will your students remember 5 years on?

Photo credits
I love flickr storm
Me and my new friend
by flickr user carf
While My Guitar Gently Weeps 1 - 30DStrat_1
by flickr user Daniel Y. Go
Love at first sight ...
by flickr user carf

DC al fine
the last word ... Brittany ...

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